Dublin Student Named Global Child Prodigy, National Merit Scholar

DUBLIN, CA — A Quarry Lane School senior was recently awarded a prestigious Global Child Prodigy Award thanks to her relentless efforts to improve environmental education.

Romal Mitr was one of 100 young people across the world recognized as a “Global Child Prodigy” thanks to several accomplishments, which include:

• Winning the 2021 California Youth Sustainability Award
• Giving a TEDx Talk called “Reviving Earth’s Heartbeat Before It Flatlines”
• Being named as 2021 International Young Eco-Hero, for which she was featured on ABC7 News
• Being named as a “Planet Hero” by EarthX
• Founding a youth environmental film festival called “Earth Unfiltered: Bay Area’s Environmental Youth Film Festival”
• Creating an environmental documentary called “Climate Climax: Evergreens Don’t Stagnate”
• Leading Quarry Lane School’s Environmental Club and launching the school’s first environmental magazine and podcast series
• Founding an environmental initiative to fight climate change and climate change misinformation

Mitr was notified of the award in 2022, and was scheduled to attend an awards ceremony in Dubai, which included Nobel Laureate Sir Richard J. Roberts as a guest of honor. She could not attend due to scheduling conflicts, however.

On top of all her accomplishments, Mitr was also one of just 0.5% of all U.S. students to be named a National Merit Scholar. She will attend Stanford University in the fall of 2023.